Darwin's Dangerous Idea

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'A breath of fresh air.'
—Carl Sagan, The Waniiington Post Book World
¦'A surpassingly brilliant book. Where creative, it lifts the reader to new intellectual heights. Where critical, it is devastating."
—Richard Dawkins, author of The Bund Watchmaker
"One of our most original and most readable philosophers. . . . Once in a blue moon an analytic philosopher comes along who redeems his subdiscipline by combining professional persnicketiness with a romantic spirit, a vivid imagination, and a sense of humor." —Richard Rorty, Lingua Franca
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with... Tovább

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'A breath of fresh air.'
—Carl Sagan, The Waniiington Post Book World
¦'A surpassingly brilliant book. Where creative, it lifts the reader to new intellectual heights. Where critical, it is devastating."
—Richard Dawkins, author of The Bund Watchmaker
"One of our most original and most readable philosophers. . . . Once in a blue moon an analytic philosopher comes along who redeems his subdiscipline by combining professional persnicketiness with a romantic spirit, a vivid imagination, and a sense of humor." —Richard Rorty, Lingua Franca
In a book that is both groundbreaking and accessible, Daniel C. Dennett, whom Chet Raymo of The Boston Globe calls "one of the most provocative thinkers on the planet," focuses his unerringly logical mind on the theory of natural selection, showing how Darwin's great idea transforms and illuminates our traditional view of humanity's place in the universe. Dennett vividly describes the theory itself and then extends Darwin's vision with impeeeable arguments to their often surprising conclusions, challenging the views of some of the most famous scientists of our day.
"This is the best single-author overview of all the implications of evolution by natural selection available. . . . Lucid and entertaining."
—John Gribbin, Sunday Times, London
"Dennett is a philosopher of rare originality, rigor, and wit. Here he does one of the things philosophers are supposed to be good at: clearing up conceptual muddles in the sciences." —.Iim Holt, The Wall Street Journal
Daniel C. Dennett is the author of Brainstorms, Elbow Room, and Consciousness Explained. He is the Distinguished Arts and Sciences Professor and Director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Vissza